Barber&#39;s accessory.



C. Z. ALEXANDER.

BARBERS ACCESSORY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.18. 1914.

Patented. Sept. 7, 1915.

UNEE STATES FKQE,

CHRIS Z. ALEXANDER, OF REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA.

BARBERS accnssonr.

Application filed December 18, i914. Serial No. 877,950.

To aZZ whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRIS Z. ALEXANDER, residing at Redwood City, inthe'county of San Mateo and State of California, have in vented a newand Improved Barbers Accessory, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention, which in its general nature is an attachment, forbarberschairs, more specifically is designed for providing a bottle, orotherreservoir, containing the face washing fluid, plain or perfumed,hidden out of sight and which is so mounted on the chair that the barbercan quickly and conveniently receive the desired amount of the fluid inhis hand for applying it to the face of the customer.

Again, my invention seeks to provide a simple and inexpensive fluidholding attachment for barbers chairs which can be readily applied toany of the well known types of barbers chairs, and which is pro videdwith means, operable by the barber, for ejecting the spray of fluid intothe hand that operates the said means, so that a prac ticallypredetermined amount of the fluid is ejected from the holder, as desiredfor use.

Another object of my invention is to provide in a barbers accessory asimple and effective means for holding the fluid container out of sight,on the chair, and in such position that the same maybe readilyInanipulated by the barber for delivering a charge of the fluid in hishand, as desired and in which is included means for incasing theejecting portion and the actuating member to keep them in a sanitarycondition.

l/Vith other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, my inventionconsists in the peculiar combination and novel arrangement of the partshereinafter fully ex-- plained, specifically pointed out in the appendedclaim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 1s a perspective view of my in vention, the same being shown asoperatively applied to the upper end of the barbers chair, the coverplate being shown thrown back and the manner of using the device beingalso illustrated. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same taken onthe line 22 on Fig. l, the parts being at the normal position.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. v, 1915.

In carryingcout my invention, the bottle or container 1 is preferably inthe nature of a flat sheet metal box 1', having lat-, eral' aperturedears 10 for conveniently securing the box on the back of the chair on atthe upper or head-rest end thereof, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.Thebox has a tubular extension 9 that projects outwardly from theupperend, and in practice is of such length that it extends through theleather or back covering 2 of the chair, and the said extension, whichforms a filling tube, is normally closed by a screw cap 1. At the lowerend, the box has two nozzles 3 and at arranged in close proximity, toone of which is attached a pumping bulb 5, the I other nozzle 3 forming,as it were, an ejectingnozzle.

6 designates an ornamental casing, which includes a fixed portionattached to the back of the chair and which extends transversely,relatively to the box 1, and has a longitudinal opening 60 disposedcentrally thereof for the passage therethrough of the bulb 5 and thenozzle 3 and the ends of the casing are provided with suitable ears sothat it may be fastened to the chair, as at 7.

8 designates a cover plate that is hinged at onto the casing 6 and whichincludes pockets SIP-82 into which the outer end of the nozzle 3and thebulb 5fits when the cover is closed, as shown in Fig. 2, it beingunderstood by providing a cover member and arranging the casing, asshown, the casing forms, as it were, an ornamental closure means forkeeping the fluid holding and ejecting means normally out of sight andin a perfectly sanitary condition.

By reason of the structural arrangement of the parts that constitute myinvention,

a simple and inexpensive means for holdbarber squeezes the bulb whileholding the palm of the hand shaped for receiving a charge of the fluid,it being understood that under ordinary conditions the compression ofthe bulb ejects enough of the fluid, as is By reason of mounting thereservoir on the back ofthe chair, in the manner shown and described, itis invisibly held on the back of the chair and by positioning the bulband the-nozzle in the horizontalplane and adjacent each other enablesthe barber to freely manipulate the bulb for ejecting the fluid instreams onto a towel held in the palm of his hand, the squeezing of thesaid bulb operating to eject the fluid under pressure in a streamsuflicientto saturate the towel held as stated. I

Copies zle at its lower end, the said chair having an opening in itsback through which the" said bulb and nozzle project, a casing securedto the said chair over the said opening and including a hinge coverhaving sockets for receiving the bulb and the nozzle, the nozzle socketserving as a closure for the nozzle and means by which the reservoir maybe filled.

I CHRIS Z. ALEXANDER.

Witnesses:

'J. V. SNIP,

JAs. T. OKEEFE;

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